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Mitsutoshi Akiyama, Toyota-Shi JP

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20110274576

METHOD FOR PRODUCING DUST CORE - An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a dust core wherein generation of iron oxide at grain boundaries in the dust core is unlikely to take place upon annealing of the dust core subjected to compaction, thus allowing excellent electromagnetic characteristics to be realized. Also, the following is provided: a method for producing a dust core, which comprises: a step of molding a magnetic powder comprising a powder for a dust core formed with an iron-based magnetic powder coated with a silicone resin into a dust core via compaction; and a step of annealing the dust core via heating so as to cause the silicone resin contained in the dust core to be partially formed into a silicate compound, wherein annealing of the dust core is carried out at a dew point of an inert gas of −40° C. or lower in an inert gas atmosphere in the annealing step.

Mitsutoshi Asano, Toyota-Shi JP

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20090277001

LEAD WIRE INSERTION DEVICE - A lead wire insertion device includes a first chuck member and a second chuck member, each of which is separable, and connects a coil terminal of a cassette coil to a terminal of a connection terminal. The first chuck member is divided into the first chuck inner member and a first chuck outer member at a first division position that is inside both ends of a cross section of the coil terminal in a lateral direction, and that is offset from a center of the cross section in the lateral direction. The second chuck member is divided into the second chuck inner member and a second chuck outer member at a second division position that is inside the both ends of the cross section of the coil terminal in the lateral direction, and that is offset from a center of the cross section in the lateral direction.

11-12-2009

Mitsutoshi Hagiwara, Anjo-Shi JP

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20080217132

Viscous Fluid Coupling Device - A viscous fluid coupling device includes a drive shaft, a housing rotatably supported by the drive shaft, a partition wall dividing an interior space of the housing into an operation chamber and a storage chamber having a circular arc portion, a rotor accommodated in the operation chamber and fixed to the drive shaft, a supply passage for supplying operating fluid from the storage chamber to the operation chamber, a return passage for returning the operating fluid in the operation chamber to the storage chamber, and a first valve disposed in the supply passage and the return passage respectively. The first valve is closed when the drive shaft rotates at a speed lower than a predetermined rotation speed and opened when the drive shaft rotates at the predetermined rotation speed. The viscous coupling device further includes an opening of the supply passage and a second valve for opening and closing the opening.

09-11-2008

Mitsutoshi Honda, Hitachi JP

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20130020997

Battery System - A battery system having a battery string configured by connecting in series a plurality of battery units includes: an SOC detection unit for individually detecting states of charge of the plurality of battery units; and a charge-and-discharge control unit for individually charging and discharging the battery units, based on a full charge capacity of each battery unit and each state of charge of the battery units individually detected by the detection unit, upon the battery system being in no load state, the control unit individually charges and discharges the battery units so that the states of charge of the battery units are approximately equal with each other when the battery units are in a discharge end state and so that a difference between the states of charge of the battery units is relatively large when the battery units are approximately in a full charge state.

01-24-2013

20130320989

BATTERY STATE ESTIMATION METHOD AND BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM - A battery states estimation method includes the steps of: measuring an electric current value of a battery B at an electric current value detection section and a terminal voltage value of the battery B at voltage detection section at a time of charge/discharge of the battery; and calculating at least one of such states of the battery as a state of charge (SOC), a state of health (SOH) and a full charge capacity based on the electric current value and the terminal voltage value as measured. When a change in the measured electric current value per second is at a predetermined value or higher, at least one of the SOC, the SOH and the full charge capacity of the battery is calculated based on the electric current values and the terminal voltage values measured during a battery charge/discharge period other than the lapsed period.

12-05-2013

Mitsutoshi Honda, Tokyo JP

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20140191576

ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM - An electric storage system includes at least two types of electric storage cells. A first electric storage unit is configured from a first electric storage cell, and a second electric storage unit is configured from a second electric storage cell. The first and second electric storage units are electrically connected to each other through a current controlling circuit.

07-10-2014

20150214521

CELL PACK AND CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH SAME - A battery pack that reduces a temperature difference between single cells and can increase a battery capacity per volume and a container provided with the same are provided. A battery pack

07-30-2015

20150295432

BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system includes a plurality of battery packs connected in parallel each including a switch and a battery connected to the switch in series and a battery state determining unit determining a state of the battery. The battery state determining unit includes a disconnection determining unit controlling disconnection of the switch and a switch controller controlling open and close of the switch in accordance with a result of determining the state. The disconnection determining unit calculates allowable stop and demanded stop periods of the battery packs on the basis of the past data, season data, and allowable currents of the batteries and transmits data to the switch controller when the demanded stop period is smaller than the allowable stop period, and the switch controller makes the switch in an open state.

10-15-2015

Mitsutoshi Imamura, Takatsuki-Shi JP

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20100276190

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MOUNTING THE SAME - An electronic component achieves significantly improved adhesion strength between an external electrode and a substrate body and includes an insulative substrate body, at least one groove disposed in at least one main surface of the substrate body, at least one external electrode disposed on the at least one main surface of the substrate body, wherein a portion of the at least one external electrode is disposed in at least a portion of the groove.

11-04-2010

Mitsutoshi Imamura, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

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20130076454

BAND-PASS FILTER - A band-pass filter that significantly reduces and prevents impedance mismatch without requiring special elements includes an input terminal, an output terminal, three LC parallel resonators arranged between the input terminal and the output terminal, and two trap resonators arranged between the three LC parallel resonators and the input terminal and the output terminal, respectively. Each of the two trap resonators is electromagnetically coupled to a respective one of the three LC parallel resonators.

03-28-2013

20130229241

MULTILAYER BAND PASS FILTER - In a multilayer band pass filter, via-electrodes and strip electrodes define inductors of LC parallel resonators in four stages. A capacitor electrode and a ground electrode define a capacitor of a first-stage LC parallel resonator. A capacitor electrode and the ground electrode define a capacitor of a fourth-stage LC parallel resonator. Capacitor electrodes define a second-stage LC parallel resonator. Capacitor electrodes define a third-stage LC parallel resonator. Among four or more of the LC parallel resonators, the coupling between certain LC parallel resonators is easily defined, and the attenuation characteristic of a filter is definable with a high degree of freedom.

09-05-2013

20140062616

FILTER - In a filter, a plurality of coils include a plurality of line conductor layers that are each provided on an insulator layer, a plurality of via hole conductors that extend from one end of the line conductor layers in the y-axis direction to the negative direction side of the z-axis direction, and are electrically connected to a plurality of capacitor conductor layers, and a plurality of via hole conductors that extend from the other end of the line conductor layers in the y-axis direction to the negative direction side of the z-axis direction, and are electrically connected to a ground conductor layer. The distance between the via hole conductor layers connected to the ground conductor layer differs from the distance between the via hole conductor layers connected to the capacitor conductor layers.

03-06-2014

20140077895

HIGH-FREQUENCY FILTER - In a high-frequency filter, four LC parallel resonators include four capacitors and four resonance coils, and are aligned in a predetermined direction. The four capacitors are defined by a ground conductor and a resonance capacitor conductor. The four coils are defined by a first via conductor, a second via conductor, and a line conductor. A floating conductor is provided astride within the four coils, and a sum of electrostatic capacitance between line conductors and the floating conductor is larger than electrostatic capacitance between the resonance capacitor conductor and the floating conductor, the line conductors overlapping with the floating conductor in planar view from a lamination direction.

03-20-2014

20140240061

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulating layers stacked on top of one another. An LC parallel resonator is provided in the multilayer body, includes a coil and a capacitor, and has a ring shape when viewed in plan in the x-axis direction. The capacitor includes a capacitor conductor layer connected to one end of the coil and a resonant ground conductor layer that is connected to the other end of the coil and that is provided on the positive z-axis direction side of the capacitor conductor layer. The resonant ground conductor layer faces the capacitor conductor layer with one of the plurality of insulating layers therebetween. An outer electrode is provided on the negative z-axis direction side of the LC parallel resonator and faces the capacitor conductor layer with one of the plurality of insulating layers therebetween.

08-28-2014

20150061791

HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENT - A high frequency component includes transverse inductors each including a first end and a second end and capacitors including planar conductors connected to the first ends of the transverse inductors, planar conductors connected to the second ends of the transverse inductors, and insulating layers disposed between the planar conductors. Each of the transverse inductors is helical and wound at least more than one turn.

03-05-2015

20150318593

RESONATOR AND BAND PASS FILTER - A resonator includes a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric layers. An electrode is disposed on each of the plurality of dielectric layers. The resonator includes ground electrodes disposed on any of the dielectric layers, capacitor electrodes disposed on any of the dielectric layers, and inductor electrodes. The inductor electrodes are located in portions which start from nodes between the inductor electrodes and the capacitor electrodes as start points, pass through line electrodes disposed on dielectric layers different from the dielectric layers on which the capacitor electrodes are disposed and the dielectric layers on which the ground electrodes are disposed, and reach nodes between the inductor electrodes and the ground electrode as end points. The line electrode have a ring-shaped configuration, as viewed in a stacking direction of the dielectric layers.

11-05-2015

Patent applications by Mitsutoshi Imamura, Nagaokakyo-Shi JP

Mitsutoshi Imamura, Shizuoka JP

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20160001841

SADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - In a saddle-type vehicle, a first mudguard member is made from resin, and a second mudguard member, made from resin, is a separate component from the first mudguard member. The second mudguard member is attached to the first mudguard member below the first mudguard member. A head of a bolt is sandwiched between the first mudguard member and the second mudguard member. A male screw of the bolt protrudes upward from the first mudguard member. A plurality of nuts, each mutually separate components, include a locking mechanism. The plurality of nuts are tightened onto the male screws of the bolts above an attaching portion to secure a mudguard unit to the attaching portion.

Mitsutoshi Kano, Toyota-Shi JP

Impact absorber for vehicle - An impact absorber for a vehicle has a tubular shape and is disposed between a side member and a bumper beam of the vehicle, so as to be crushed in an axial direction thereof upon application of a compressive load, for absorbing an impact energy. The impact absorber includes: a tubular main body and attachment plates that are fixedly welded to respective axially opposite end portions of the main body. The main body has a thin plate portion having a plate thickness smaller than 1.4 mm and constituting an axially intermediate portion of the main body, and a pair of thick plate portions having a plate thickness not smaller than 1.4 mm and located on axially opposite sides of the thin plate portion. The thick plate portions are held in contact with the respective attachment plates, and are arc-welded to be fixed to the respective attachment plates.

BUMPER-STAY MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND LOAD TRANSMISSION MEMBER - A bumper-stay mounting structure includes a rear side member, a bumper stay and a load transmission member, in the bumper-stay mounting structure, a load being transmitted intensively to a lower side of a rear end portion of the rear side member, the bumper-stay mounting structure, the load transmission member having, on an inner peripheral side of a fastened portion, a protruding portion in a box shape, which protrudes toward the rear portion of the bumper stay in the vehicle longitudinal direction so as to be inserted into an opening of the bumper stay; and a side wall of the protruding portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section that is perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal direction, is opened on a vehicle upper side, and is provided with, at a front end edge of the side wall, a flange extending outward from a side wall as the fastened portion.

01-23-2014

20140367982

VEHICLE BUMPER BEAM - A vehicle bumper beam including: a resin beam having an elongate body extending along a vehicle-width direction, two tubular shock-absorbing portions disposed at the beam body's opposite longitudinal end portions extending in front-rear direction, the beam body and shock-absorbing portions being formed with each other; a metal beam disposed outside the resin beam in the front-rear direction, fixedly fitted to the resin beam. Further, flat attachment portions, formed with inner end portions of the shock-absorbing portions in front-rear direction; bent portions bent in a crank extending from attachment portions outward in front-rear direction, the beam body being to attachment portions via bent portions, the metal beam fixedly fitted to an outer surface of the beam body's intermediate portion; metal beam's opposite end portions extending beyond bent portions covering the right and left sides, fixedly fitted to distal end portions; each space defined by shock-absorbing portion, metal beam and bent portion.

12-18-2014

Patent applications by Mitsutoshi Kano, Toyota-Shi JP

Mitsutoshi Kawamoto, Otsu-Shi JP

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20080248286

SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC AND MULTILAYERED-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A semiconductor ceramic has a mixing molar ratio m between the Sr site and the Ti site satisfying the relationship 1.000≦m<1.020, a donor element in an amount of 0.8 to 2.0 moles relative to 100 moles of the Ti element dissolved in the Sr site to form a solid solution, the donor element having a higher valency than the Sr element, a transition metal element, such as Mn, incorporated in an amount of 0.3 to 1.0 mole relative to 100 moles of the Ti element so as to be segregated in grain boundaries, and an average grain size of crystal grains is 1.0 μm or less. A component body in which semiconductor ceramic layers are stacked and internal electrodes

Mitsutoshi Kawasaki, Toyota-Shi JP

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20080241300

INJECTION MOLD NOZZLE STRUCTURE - An injection mold nozzle structure is provided. The injection mold nozzle structure includes a split mold and an opposing split mold which form a molding cavity for molding a molded product; a nozzle which includes a nozzle hole having a tip opening, from which injection molding material is injected into the molding cavity; and a nozzle pin which is movable with respect to the nozzle along an axis of the nozzle hole and is configured to open and close the tip opening of the nozzle hole according to the movement. The nozzle is enterable into a recess portion of the split mold. The nozzle pin includes a pin tip surface configured to face the molding cavity and form a part of a surface of the molding cavity when the nozzle enters the large recess portion.

10-02-2008

Mitsutoshi Kikuchi, Kariya-Shi JP

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20120112498

Roof apparatus - A roof apparatus includes a guide rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a drive shoe, a functional bracket, a front link member relatively rotatably connected at a front portion of the functional bracket and including a connecting portion, an engagement portion and a supporting portion, and a lifting mechanism connected at a rear portion of the functional bracket, wherein the guide rail includes a first guide portion guiding the supporting portion in response to an opening and closing operation of a movable panel and being closely located upwardly and downwardly of the supporting portion while the movable panel is in a fully-closed state, and the drive shoe includes a second guide portion guiding the engagement portion in response to the opening and closing operation of the movable panel and being closely located upwardly and downwardly of the engagement portion during the fully-closed state of the movable panel.

05-10-2012

20120112499

Roof apparatus - A roof apparatus includes a guide rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a drive shoe slidable along the guide rail, a functional bracket supporting a movable panel, a front link member relatively rotatably connected at a front portion of the functional bracket and including a supporting portion supported by a supporting wall portion of the guide rail, a lifting mechanism connected to a rear portion of the functional bracket, a weather strip attached at an opening edge portion of a roof panel, the supporting wall portion of the guide rail and the supporting portion of the front link member are located inwardly of an outer end surface of the movable panel in a vehicle width direction, the drive shoe is located below the weather strip, and the front link member is located between the supporting wall portion and the drive shoe in the vehicle width direction.

05-10-2012

20140203597

ROOF APPARATUS - A roof apparatus includes a movable panel, a guide rail, a first rail portion and a second rail portion which are provided at the guide rail in a manner that at least a part of the first rail portion and at least a part of the second rail portion are overlapped with each other in the vehicle width direction, a front side guide member including a guide groove, a front side link member including a support protruding portion which is movable along the second rail portion or along the guide groove which is inclined in a vehicle upward direction towards a vehicle rear direction, and a transmission member which is movable along the first rail portion, and is linked to a rear side link member connected to the movable panel and is linked to the front side link member.

Mitsutoshi Kubota, Hachioji-Shi JP

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20110129587

METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURIMI AND PASTE PRODUCT FROM FISH MEAT CONTAINING KIDNEY - According to a method for producing a surimi by adding a protease inhibitor when producing a surimi from fish meat that contains kidney or tissue thereof, such as backbone meat, that is left over when using a filleting and deboning method to extract fillets from fish from which the head and internal organs have been removed, it is possible to produce a surimi and a paste product having stable quality from backbone meat obtained as a residue when producing fillets. The protease inhibitor is preferably a cysteine protease inhibitor.

06-02-2011

20120064196

MINCED FISH MEAT AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF MINCED FISH MEAT - The purpose of the present technology is to provide a frozen minced fish meat of high quality while effectively using a natural resource. During production of minced fish meat, after removal of the head, guts, and kidney tissue (kidneys), meat is harvested to produce a minced fish meat characterized in that gelation strength is not lowered. Specifically, this production method includes as essential steps a step of washing the fish body; a step of removing the head, guts, and kidney tissue; a washing step; and a meat harvesting step. Protease specific activity of the minced fish meat, as measured by the peptide quantitative analysis method using phenol test solution, is less than or equal to 0.001.

03-15-2012

Mitsutoshi Mori, Kobe-Shi JP

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20100134227

Electromagnetic pipe expanding inductor and method for manufacturing the same - Provided is an electromagnetic pipe expanding inductor in which the formation of voids during resin impregnation is suppressed, and electromagnetic reaction forces acting on the conductor periphery and on the interface between the shaft portion and the center-side fiber layer is diminished, and thereby durability is improved and the life of the inductor is prolonged. A glass cloth tape (

06-03-2010

Mitsutoshi Morimoto, Saitama JP

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20090073828

RECORDING MEDIUM PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - When playback of a recording medium, which stores content data that is only allowed to be played back for a limited number of times, is forcibly terminated due to a scratch on the recording medium, the playback of the content data residing at a subsequent location that follows a location having the scratch is performed without the number of playbacks being counted, and without a particular operation such as skip. Upon the playback after the forced termination, an address of an optical disk at which the playback was performed at the time of the forced termination is stored in a RAM unit. The address stored in the RAM unit is read out, and the content data residing at a subsequent address that follows the read address in terms of a predetermined number of addresses is played back. When data residing at the subsequent address that follows the read address cannot be read, the playback is repeated for a predetermined number of times for other addresses that follow the previous address at intervals in terms of the predetermined number of the addresses.

03-19-2009

Mitsutoshi Morita, Yokkaichi JP

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20140315441

BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module may include a connecting member and a resin protector. The connecting member may be connected to an electrode terminal, and the connecting member may include a beveled corner. The resin protector may be made of insulating resin and include a holding portion and a coming-off preventing projection. The holding portion may hold the connecting member and may be provided with a surrounding wall that surrounds a peripheral edge of the connecting member. The coming-off preventing projection may include an elastic piece disposed cover the beveled corner of the connecting member and thereby limit movement of the connecting member.

10-23-2014

20140370342

BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module configured to be attached to a single cell group, which is a plurality of single cells in which positive and negative electrode terminals are lined up, includes: a connecting member that connects adjacent ones of the electrode terminals; and a resin protector that holds the connecting member. The resin protector is provided with a first wire holding part and a second wire holding part that are respectively capable of holding two types of electric wire groups . The second wire holding part is arrangeable to cover the first wire holding part.

12-18-2014

20150070025

WIRING MODULE - A wiring module is attached to an electric cell group that includes a plurality of electric cells, the wiring module having a resin protector that is attached to the electric cell group, connection bus bars and output bus bars that are connected to electrode terminals of the electric cells and that are held on a side of the resin protector that is opposite to a side facing the electric cell group, voltage detection terminals for detecting states of the electric cells, the voltage detection terminals being held by the resin protector, and detection wires that are drawn from the voltage detection terminals. In the resin protector, an output bus bar holding portion that holds the output bus bars is provided, on the surface facing the electric cell group, with a guide portion in which the detection wires are routed.

03-12-2015

20150194656

BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module is configured to be attached to a single cell group obtained by lining up a plurality of single cells having positive and negative electrode terminals. The battery wiring module includes a connector having a terminal for detecting a state of a single cell, and a resin protector having a holding section for holding the connector. An electrical wire is connected to a first end of the terminal, and a connecting section that is connectable to the single cell is formed at a second end of the terminal. The connector is held in the holding section so as to be movable from an unconnected position at which the connector is not connected to the single cell to a connected position at which the connector electrically connects the connecting section of the terminal to the single cell and is engaged with the single cell.

07-09-2015

20150228955

BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module may include connecting members for connecting adjacent electrode terminals to each other, an external connection terminal that is connectable to another device, and a resin protector having holding portions that hold the connecting members and the external connection terminal. A lid portion for covering the external connection terminal may be provided integrally with the resin protector via a first hinge. The lid portion may be provided with a second hinge having a hinge axis that is orthogonal to a hinge axis of the first hinge. A first lid portion that is formed by folding the first hinge and a second lid portion that is formed by folding the second hinge can be disposed in directions crossing each other.

08-13-2015

20150287969

WIRING MODULE - Adjacent coupling units of a plurality of coupling units are slidably coupled via connecting members in a connection direction of the connecting members. Of the plurality of coupling units, one coupling unit of adjacent coupling units that are not coupled to each other via the corresponding connecting member includes an extension portion that is extended toward another connecting member that is different from the connecting member that couples the one coupling unit. The extension portion holds the other connecting member.

10-08-2015

20150364872

Wiring Module - A wiring module to be attached to an electricity storage element group obtained by lining up a plurality of electricity storage elements includes a connector including a detection terminal to be connected to the electricity storage element and to detect a state of the electricity storage element, a resin protector for holding the connector in a connecting position in which the detection terminal and the electricity storage element are connected to each other, and a cover that is attached to the resin protector to cover the connector and that includes a connection detection portion that does not interfere with the connector in a state in which the connector is accommodated in the connecting position and interferes with the connector in a state in which the connector is not accommodated in the connecting position.

12-17-2015

20150372465

WIRING MODULE - A wiring module includes a connecting member configured to connect neighboring electrode terminals of electrical storage elements that each have a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal and an insulating protector that accommodates the connecting member. The insulating protector includes a main body configured to hold the connecting member, an insulating cover that is supported by the main body so as to be capable of moving to a closed position in which the insulating cover covers at least part of the connecting member, and an electric wire guide that can be laid over at least a portion of the insulating cover located in the closed position and that has an electric wire passing portion through which an electric wire can be passed.

12-24-2015

Mitsutoshi Morita, Mie JP

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20150318626

WIRING MODULE - A wiring module that includes a connecting member for connecting adjacent electrode terminals of a plurality of electricity storage elements that have a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal; an insulating protector that has a partition wall surrounding the connecting member and that accommodates the connecting member; and a detection terminal that is connected to an end portion of an electric wire and that is laid over the connecting member.

11-05-2015

Mitsutoshi Morita, Yokkaichi-City JP

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20130280589

CELL CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - A cell connection assembly includes a first unit holding one side in a connection direction of a long connection member, and a second unit holding the other side in the connection direction of the long connection member. The first unit and the second unit are configured to be slidable and movable with respect to the long connection member in the connection direction of the long connection member. Even when there is a dimensional error between a plurality of electric cells and the cell connection assembly attached thereto, positions of the first unit and the second unit relative to each other can be changed with the long connection member in response to the dimensional error.

10-24-2013

20130280959

WIRING MODULE - A wiring module attached to a plurality of electric cells having electrode terminals including positive electrodes and negative electrodes has a plurality of bus bars having pairs of through-holes respectively connected to the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes of the electric cells and bus bar insulating members each held by the adjacent bus bars. Of the plurality of bus bar insulating members, a first bus bar insulating member and a second bus bar insulating member are connected with each other by the bus bar.

10-24-2013

Mitsutoshi Nagao, Kitakyushu-Shi JP

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20130119794

ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes a cylindrical stator and a frame including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being formed by reducing the diameter of the frame at a part of an outer peripheral surface such that the thickness of the frame at the part is reduced, the second portion having a larger thickness than the first portion, the stator being provided to an inner peripheral surface of the frame. The frame includes a containing portion, a first coolant path, and a second coolant path. The containing portion contains a thermal component, the first coolant path is formed between the containing portion and the stator, and the second coolant path is formed in the second portion.

05-16-2013

20130119832

ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A rotating electrical machine includes: a frame including a first housing portion for housing an electronic component and a second housing portion formed integrally with the first housing portion for housing a rotator and a stator; and a bracket including a first communicating hole communicating with the first housing portion and a second communicating hole communicating with the second housing portion.

05-16-2013

Mitsutoshi Nagata, Obu-City JP

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20090073264

Image signal transmission apparatus and image signal transmission system - An image signal transmission system for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes: a display apparatus configured to display an image in accordance with an image signal; and an image signal transmission apparatus configured to transmit the image signal to the display apparatus. The image signal transmission apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive an analog image signal from outside; a conversion unit configured to convert the analog image signal into a first digital image signal so that the first digital image signal represents the image with a size that matches a display resolution of the display apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the first digital image signal to the display apparatus.

03-19-2009

20110157474

IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - An image display control apparatus is disclosed. The image display control apparatus stores first layers for original image data in first planes, combines the first layers into the original image data, records the original image data in an addition plane, and stores second layers for replacement image data in second planes. The second layers in the second planes and the original image data in the addition plane are respectively, synchronously and cyclically inputted to a compositing circuit so that the compositing circuit combines the second set of layers into the replacement image data. In the synchronous and cyclical input, the display of the display device is switched from the original image data to the replacement image data while a manner of combining the original image data and the replacement image data is being gradually changed between consecutive frames.

06-30-2011

Patent applications by Mitsutoshi Nagata, Obu-City JP

Mitsutoshi Naito, Osaka-Shi JP

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20130095339

DISPLAY PANEL EQUIPPED WITH FRONT PLATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a display panel equipped with a front plate and a display device, in each of which streak unevenness is sufficiently resolved in the periphery of a display area. The display panel equipped with a front plate of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a front plate; and a cured resin composition layer disposed between the display panel and the front plate, wherein the cured resin composition layer has a loss tangent of 2 or less at 0 to 70° C.

04-18-2013

Mitsutoshi Nakajima, Tsukuba-Shi JP

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20150045449

METHOD FOR ISOLATING POLYPHENOLS FROM OLIVE MILL WATER - The present invention relate to a highly efficient and novel method, using clean technologies, for obtaining a natural bioactive concentrate that is rich on polyphenols from olive mill water (OMW). The clean technologies integrate centrifugation, a drowning-out crystallization-based separation process, and vacuum evaporation. The method provides a highly-concentrated polyphenol isolate (up to 99% (mass fraction)) from other components presents in OMW, with up to half of the polyphenol content being hydroxytyrosol. The isolated polyphenols exhibit anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-carcinogenic activities; they can be prepared as solid particles, as an aqueous solution, in an emulsion, or as lipidic-based nanoparticles. The isolated polyphenols can be used in the food industry, cosmetic industry, or pharmaceutical industry.

02-12-2015

Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Kanagawa JP

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20130119450

NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a memory cell which is disposed on a semiconductor substrate and where a control gate electrode is disposed on a charge storage layer, a select gate transistor where a select gate electrode is disposed between a source region and a drain region and which shares the source region with the memory cell, a first air gap which is disposed between the charge storage layers and between the source regions adjacent to each other in a word line direction and which is formed continuously over the memory cell and the select gate transistor adjacent to each other in a bit line direction so as to be concealed under the word line and under the select gate electrode, and a back-filling insulating film which back-fills an air gap between the drain electrodes adjacent to each other in the word line direction.

05-16-2013

20140042513

NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a non-volatile semiconductor storage device including a memory cell which is disposed on a semiconductor substrate and where a control gate electrode is disposed on a charge storage layer, a select gate transistor where a select gate electrode is disposed between a source region and a drain region and which shares the source region with the memory cell, a first air gap which is disposed between the charge storage layers and between the source regions adjacent to each other in a word line direction and which is formed continuously over the memory cell and the select gate transistor adjacent to each other in a bit line direction so as to be concealed under the word line and under the select gate electrode, and a back-filling insulating film which back-fills an air gap between the drain electrodes adjacent to each other in the word line direction.

02-13-2014

Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Yokkaichi JP

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20150263105

NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix in a memory cell region of a semiconductor substrate; a peripheral circuit disposed in a peripheral circuit region outside the memory cell region and configured to read data from and write data to the memory cells; and a word line transfer transistor provided in the peripheral circuit and having a gate electrode above the semiconductor substrate via a gate insulating film and two impurity diffusion regions provided in two sides of the gate electrode, the word line transfer transistor being configured to supply a voltage to a word line connecting the memory cells; wherein among the two impurity diffusion regions of the word line transfer transistor, a level of a surface position of the semiconductor substrate in one impurity diffusion region is lower than a level of a surface position of the semiconductor substrate in the other impurity diffusion region.

09-17-2015

Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Kawaguchi-Shi JP

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20110234729

INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER BODY FOR TRANSFER INKJET PRINTING AND TRANSFER INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided an intermediate transfer body for transfer inkjet printing methods in which an image is formed by selectively applying image-forming ink using an inkjet device to the intermediate transfer body and then transferred from the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium to form a transferred image. The intermediate transfer body satisfies the relation E

09-29-2011

20130127965

INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER FOR TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING - There is provided an intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording in which formation of cracks on its surface is suppressed and that has good transferability. The intermediate transfer member for transfer ink jet recording includes a surface layer, a buffer layer, and a compression layer, wherein the surface layer, the buffer layer, and the compression layer are formed in that order from the image-forming surface side, a compression modulus (E1) of the surface layer is 300 MPa or more and 10000 MPa or less, a compression modulus (E2) of the buffer layer is 0.5 MPa or more and 30.0 MPa or less, and E1, E2, and a compression modulus (E3) of the compression layer satisfy formula (1) below.

INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an intermediate transfer member for use in an image recording method including the steps of applying a reaction liquid to the intermediate transfer member, applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member so as to overlap with at least a part of a region to which the reaction liquid has been applied, thereby forming an intermediate image, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium, wherein an average of a surface area per unit area of a surface of the intermediate transfer member is 1.2 or more and 10.0 or less.

12-18-2014

20140368593

IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes an intermediate image-forming step of forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, a temperature adjusting step, and a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium, in this order. The ink includes polymer particles and a surfactant which is at least one selected from a compound represented by general formula (1) and a compound represented by general formula (2). In the temperature adjusting step, a temperature of the intermediate image is adjusted to a temperature higher than or equal to a cloud point of the surfactant.

12-18-2014

20140370193

IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes an intermediate image-forming step of forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, a temperature adjusting step, and a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium in this order. The ink contains polymer particles and a surfactant which is at least one selected from a compound represented by general formula (1) and a compound represented by general formula (2). In the temperature adjusting step, a temperature of the intermediate image is adjusted to a temperature higher than or equal to a minimum film-forming temperature of the polymer particles. A temperature of the intermediate image in the transfer step is lower than the minimum film-forming temperature of the polymer particles.

12-18-2014

20150290928

IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes applying a reaction liquid containing a first polymer particle onto an intermediate transfer member, forming an intermediate image by applying an ink containing a second polymer particle onto the intermediate transfer member to which the reaction liquid has been applied, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The first polymer particle softens at temperature T1 and the second polymer particle softens at temperature T2. The transferring is performed so that the surface temperature Ta of the recording medium and the surface temperature Tb of the intermediate transfer member satisfy: (1) Tb

10-15-2015

20150301483

INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER, IMAGE-RECORDING METHOD, AND IMAGE-RECORDING APPARATUS - An intermediate transfer member for use in an image-recording method that includes applying a reaction liquid to an intermediate transfer member, forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member to which the reaction liquid has been applied, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The intermediate transfer member has protruding structures having an average height of 3.0 μm or less on a surface thereof. An average ratio R of surface areas of the intermediate transfer member to a unit area of a surface of the intermediate transfer member and an average ratio S of a total surface area of upper portions of the protruding structures to a unit area of the surface of the intermediate transfer member satisfy the following formula (1):

10-22-2015

20150352836

IMAGE-RECORDING METHOD - An image-recording method includes a liquid composition applying process for applying a liquid composition to an intermediate transfer member, an intermediate image forming process for forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member to which the liquid composition has been applied, and a transferring process for transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The ink contains a coloring material and first polymer particles, the liquid composition contains a reaction agent and second polymer particles that satisfy storage elastic modulus relationships represented by the formula (1), and the amount of the second polymer particles applied to the intermediate transfer member in the intermediate image forming process is 0.5 g/m

12-10-2015

Patent applications by Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Kawaguchi-Shi JP

Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Chigasaki-Shi JP

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20090284567

INK JET RECORDING HEAD, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD - The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provides a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor.

11-19-2009

20100309247

INK JET RECORDING HEAD, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD - The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provide a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor.

12-09-2010

20110122198

INK JET RECORDING HEAD, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING HEAD - The invention provides a method for producing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and enabling a high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. It also provides a method of producing such ink jet recording head with a high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time, and a producing method therefor.

05-26-2011

Patent applications by Mitsutoshi Noguchi, Chigasaki-Shi JP

Mitsutoshi Ochiai, Aichi JP

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20100068013

CONVEYER SYSTEM - An OHT conveyer vehicle places a FOUP on first and second on platforms. A third platform can move to a position overlapping with the first and second platform by a moving device, and then to a position at which an upper surface of the third platform is above upper surfaces of the first and second platforms by an elevation device. Therefore, the FOUP is placed on the third platform. Subsequently, the third platform can move to a position overlapping with fourth and fifth platforms by the moving device, and then to a position at which the third platform is lower than the fourth and fifth platforms by the elevation device. Therefore, the FOUP is placed on the fourth and fifth platforms.

Mitsutoshi Ochiai, Minato-Ku JP

Mitsutoshi Ozaki, Nomi-Shi JP

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20150233024

FIBER BUNDLE WITH PIECED PART, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON FIBER - A fiber bundle which has a pieced part formed by jetting a pressurized fluid against a fiber-bundle overlap is formed either by directly superposing the ending part of a fiber bundle composed of many fibers on the beginning part of another fiber bundle composed of many fibers or by superposing the end part and the beginning part on a jointing fiber bundle composed of many fibers, whereby the many fibers of the fiber bundles are interlaced with one another to thereby piece up the fiber bundles. The pieced part comprises an opened-fiber part in which the fibers have been opened and interlaced-fiber parts respectively located on both sides thereof, each interlaced-fiber part being composed of a plurality of constituent interlaced parts located apart in the width direction for the fiber bundle.

08-20-2015

Mitsutoshi Ozaki, Ishikawa JP

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20110217228

FIBER BUNDLE WITH PIECED PART, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON FIBER - A fiber bundle which has a pieced part formed by jetting a pressurized fluid against a fiber-bundle overlap is formed either by directly superposing the ending part of a fiber bundle composed of many fibers on the beginning part of another fiber bundle composed of many fibers or by superposing the end part and the beginning part on a jointing fiber bundle composed of many fibers, whereby the many fibers of the fiber bundles are interlaced with one another to thereby piece up the fiber bundles. The pieced part comprises an opened-fiber part in which the fibers have been opened and interlaced-fiber parts respectively located on both sides thereof, each interlaced-fiber part being composed of a plurality of constituent interlaced parts located apart in the width direction for the fiber bundle.

09-08-2011

Mitsutoshi Sugawara, Yokohama-Shi JP

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20140197815

TUNNELING CURRENT CIRCUIT - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a circuit that generates a reference voltage with little electrical power consumption, and that has the similar as conventional circuits. A bandgap reference circuit that, to generate an output voltage, adds a voltage proportional to a differential voltage when currents having different current densities are applied to a semiconductor junction, and a voltage proportional to a forward voltage occurring in a semiconductor junction, wherein the bandgap reference circuit is characterized in that the “voltage proportional to the differential voltage” is generated by a first tunneling current element to which the differential voltage is applied, circuits connected to a second tunneling current element or a serial circuit of second tunneling current elements, and a means to apply, to the second tunneling current element, a current proportional to the current applied to the first tunneling current element.

Mitsutoshi Susumago, Tokyo JP

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20110166912

PLANT ANALYSIS SYSTEM - There is provided a plant analysis system capable of enhancing efficiency of works by sharing information within a plant. A storing means stores a logic defined via a reception means. A monitoring data creation means creates KPI (key performance indicator) in real time as data for monitoring the plant based on data to be acquired from the plant by use of the logic stored in the storing means. An analysis data creation means creates the KPI as analyzing data for analyzing a plant state in the past based on historical data stored in a historical data storage means by use of the logic stored in the storing means.

07-07-2011

20110209083

PROCESS ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A process analysis system may include a data collecting unit that collects process data related to a plant, an input unit that receives an analysis logic, a first analyzing unit that performs a first analysis of the process data by using the analysis logic, a storage unit that stores the analysis logic, which has been used by the first analyzing unit, so as to be reused by the first analyzing unit, and a first display control unit that controls a display unit, the display unit displaying a group of screen images of a first analysis result of the first analysis so that the input unit can receive an instruction of performing a series of operations. The series of operations may be performed by the data collecting unit, the input unit, the first analyzing unit, the storage unit, and the display unit based on the instruction to at least one of the group of screen images.

08-25-2011

20110238372

OPERATIONAL STATE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND OPERATION STATE ANALYSIS METHOD - The operational state analysis system may analyze an operational state of a plant based on processed data items related to the plant. The operational state analysis system may include a reception unit that receives a selection of the processed data items, the selection being performed by user of the operational state analysis system, a property value acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of property values, each of the plurality of property values being one of values of the processed data items and statistical values based on the processed data items of which the selection is received by the reception unit, and a waveform display unit that displays the plurality of property values acquired by the property value acquisition unit as waveforms that analyzes the operational state.

09-29-2011

Mitsutoshi Susumago, Musashino-Shi JP

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20080312873

Situation analyzing system and situation analyzing method, and batch processing analyzing system and batch processing analyzing method - A data accumulating section accumulates the data acquired from the monitored object. A reference space forming section forms a reference space based on the data accumulated in the data accumulating section. A data acquiring section acquires the data from the monitored object. A distance calculating section calculates a Mahalanobis' distance by inputting the data acquired by the data acquiring section into the reference space formed by the reference space forming section. An instruction accepting section accepts an instruction from a user, and decides procedures of operations of the reference space forming section, the data acquiring section, and the distance calculating section in response to the instruction.

12-18-2008

20120116827

PLANT ANALYZING SYSTEM - A plant analyzing system which can include an accepting section that accepts a definition of a soft-sensor for creating key information used for diagnosing the plant based on the data obtained from the plant; a storage section that stores the soft-sensor; a monitoring data generating section that generates the key information in real time as data for monitoring the plant based on the data obtained from the plant and using the stored soft-sensor; a monitoring data display section that displays in real time the data for monitoring the plant on a screen for monitoring an operation; a history data accumulating section that accumulates the data obtained from the plant as history data; and an analyzing data generating section that generates the key information, as data for analyzing a plant state of the past, based on the accumulated history data and using the stored soft-sensor.

05-10-2012

Mitsutoshi Suzuki, Sakado-Shi JP

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20150211451

FILTERING MATERIAL FOR FILTER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREFOR - A first papermaking raw material for an upper layer and a second papermaking raw material for a lower layer are subjected to papermaking so as to form a filtering material with a continuous density gradient from the upper layer to the lower layer. Each of the papermaking raw materials contains natural fibers such as pulp and chemical fibers such as PET. The content of the chemical fibers in the first papermaking raw material is higher than the content of the chemical fibers in the second papermaking raw material. The diameter of the chemical fibers in the first papermaking raw material is larger than the diameter of the chemical fibers in the second papermaking raw material. The thus-obtained filtering material is able to collect a wide size range of particles and is made less susceptible to clogging and longer in life.

07-30-2015

Mitsutoshi Suzuki, Tokyo JP

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20130199141

MULTILAYER FILTER MEDIUM FOR USE IN FILTER, AND FILTER - A multilayer filter medium, which is used as a constituent member of a filter and has a multilayer structure, includes a wet type nonwoven fabric layer A containing 0.5 to 20% by weight, based on layer weight, of short-cut nanofibers which are composed of a fiber-forming thermoplastic polymer, have a single fiber diameter (D) of 100 to 1,000 nm and are cut so that the ratio (L/D) of the length (L) to the single fiber diameter (D) is within the range of 100 to 2,500 and core-sheath conjugate type binder fibers having a single fiber diameter of 5 μm or more, and a nonwoven fabric layer B having a lower density than that of the wet type nonwoven fabric layer A. A filter uses the multilayer filter medium and has the nonwoven fabric layer B arranged on a fluid inlet side.

08-08-2013

20140360145

FILTER MEDIUM FOR FILTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND FILTER - Provided are a filter medium for a filter, which makes it possible to obtain a filter high in collection efficiency, low in pressure loss and long in filter lifetime, a method for producing the same, and a filter using the filter medium for a filter. A filter medium for a filter is used as a constituent member of a filter and composed of a wet type nonwoven fabric, wherein the filter medium for a filter has a multilayer structure of two or more layers, and there is no interface between the above-mentioned two layers.

12-11-2014

Mitsutoshi Tajima, Hyogo JP

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20150303509

BATTERY MODULE - A battery module has a stacked member including a plurality of batteries, separators provided at the batteries, and a pair of the end plates disposed at both ends of the stacked direction of the plurality of the batteries. Binding bars are fixed to the pair of the end plates so as to bind the plurality of the batteries. When temperature changes from 30° C. to −30° C., the binding bars have larger compressed size change ΔL per unit length in the elongated direction than compressed size change ΔS per unit length in the stacked direction in the stacked member

Mitsutoshi Tajima, Kasai City JP

Mitsutoshi Tanaka, Tokyo JP

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20100254565

Magnetic circuit - A magnetic circuit includes a cylindrical yoke member having an inner circumferential surface and a collar formed at one end thereof and turned back substantially at right angles, and a plurality of permanent magnet segments of a partially circular arc in cross section. Each of the permanent magnets has an outer surface attracted magnetically to the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical yoke member, and one end face attracted magnetically to the collar of the cylindrical yoke member. The magnetic circuit is applied to an actuator or a speaker.

10-07-2010

Mitsutoshi Tanaka, Kanagawa JP

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20150158987

CELLULOSE ACYLATE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a cellulose acylate film that barely causes display unevenness when the cellulose acylate film is incorporated into a liquid crystal display. The cellulose acylate film includes a cellulose acylate having a total degree of acyl substitution of 2.0 to 2.35 and having a thickness of 20 to 39 μm. The film includes (Component 1) a sugar ester compound having one to six of at least one kind of pyranose and furanose structures, the OH groups of the pyranose and furanose structures being partially esterified with an aromatic organic acid (wherein the ratio A/B of the esterified rate A of the OH groups in the sugar ester compound to the acylated rate B of the OH groups in the cellulose acylate is 0.55 to 0.95); and (Component 2) an aromatic ester oligomer.

06-11-2015

Mitsutoshi Tanaka, Shizuoka JP

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20090009694

Color Filter, Process For Manufacturing Color Filter, And Liquid Crystal Display Device - A color filter including colored pixels of at least two or more colors, in which the colored pixels contain at least pigment particles, the contrast of each colored pixel is not lower than 2000 and the difference between the contrast of the colored pixel having the lowest contrast and the contrast of the colored pixel having the highest contrast among the colored pixels of two or more colors is not more than 600; a process for manufacturing the same; and a liquid crystal display device using the color filter.

Mitsutoshi Uchida, Amagasaki-Shi JP

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20090071215

Hydroformed part, and mold used for making hydroformed part - According to the hydroforming method by the invention, when slots with the aspect ratio of 3 or more are pierced onto the bulge-formed portion made by the hydroforming, even the piercing can be carried out within a series of processing steps in the hydroforming, thereby eliminating the piercing operation by means of the cumbersome machining process such as milling and ensuring an excellent slot configuration. Thus, the hydroformed parts by the invention are best suited for the automobile parts etc. where various piercing operations are required, and the mold used for the hydroforming method by the invention can be widely employed for processing the automobile parts etc., whereby the invention can be applied for processing the parts in automobiles and industrial machineries as well.

03-19-2009

Mitsutoshi Uchida, Amagasaki City JP

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20080246308

Vehicle body reinforcing member - Using as a vehicle body reinforcing member any one of a bent tube with a partial bend of radius R, a tube with a plurality of portions that are bent at radius R, and a bent tube with mixed bends of inward and outward projection according to the present invention makes it possible, during a vehicle body collision, to absorb more energy than and exhibit better impact resistance than a vehicle body reinforcing member that uses one of a known straight tube and a curved tube of radius R entirely. Thus the dimensions (outside diameter, wall thickness) of the metal tube that is used as the vehicle body reinforcing member can be reduced, and the tube shape can be modified, while impact resistance is maintained. Modifying the shape in this manner makes it possible to provide the ever higher required level of vehicle body impact resistance at the same time that it reduces the weight of the vehicle body and lowers the cost. The present invention can therefore be widely used as an occupant protection technology.

10-09-2008

20110031779

VEHICLE BODY REINFORCING MEMBER - Using as a vehicle body reinforcing member a bent tube with mixed bends of inward and outward projection according to the present invention makes it possible, during a vehicle body collision, to absorb more energy than and exhibit better impact resistance than a vehicle body reinforcing member that uses one of a known straight tube and a curved tube of radius R entirely. Thus the dimensions (outside diameter, wall thickness) of the steel tube that is used as the vehicle body reinforcing member can be reduced, and the tube shape can be modified, while impact resistance is maintained. Modifying the shape in this manner makes it possible to provide the ever higher required level of vehicle body impact resistance at the same time that it reduces the weight of the vehicle body and lowers the cost. The present invention can therefore be widely used as an occupant protection technology.

02-10-2011

Mitsutoshi Watabiki, Yokkaichi-Shi JP

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20120242985

PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a stage supporting a substrate with a pattern, a light source irradiating the substrate with light, a detection unit, an optical system, a focus position change unit, a control unit, and a determination unit. The detection unit detects reflected light from the substrate. The optical system leads the light from the light source to the substrate and leads the reflected light to the detection unit. The focus position change unit changes a focus position of the light to the substrate in a direction vertical to the surface of the substrate. The control unit associates the movement of the stage with the light irradiation and controls the stage drive unit and the focus position change unit, thereby changing the focus position. The determination unit determines presence/absence of a defect of the pattern based on the signal from the determination unit.

09-27-2012

20120242995

PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a beam splitter, a polarization controller, a phase controller, a wave front distribution controller, and a detector. The beam splitter generates signal light and reference light from light emitted from a light source. The signal light is reflected light from a pattern on a subject to be inspected. The polarization controller is configured to control the polarization angle and polarization phase of the reference light. The phase controller is configured to control the phase of the reference light. The wave front distribution controller is configured to control a wave front distribution of the reference light. The detector is configured to detect light resulting from interference caused by superposing the signal light and the reference light on each other.

09-27-2012

20120243770

PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a pattern inspection method includes: applying a light generated from a light source to the same region of a substrate in which an inspection target pattern is formed; guiding, imaging and then detecting a reflected light from the substrate, and acquiring a detection signal for each of a plurality of different wavelengths; and adding the detection signals of the different wavelengths in association with an incident position of an imaging surface to generate added image data including information on a wavelength and signal intensity, judging, by the added image data, whether the inspection target pattern has any defect, and when judging that the inspection target pattern has a defect, detecting the position of the defect in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.

09-27-2012

20130063721

PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - In one embodiment, a pattern inspection apparatus includes a light source configured to generate light, and a condenser configured to shape the light into a line beam to illuminate a wafer with the line beam. The apparatus further includes a spectrometer configured to disperse the line beam reflected from the wafer. The apparatus further includes a two-dimensional detector configured to detect the line beam dispersed by the spectrometer, and output a signal including spectrum information of the line beam. The apparatus further includes a comparison unit configured to compare the spectrum information obtained from corresponding places of a repetitive pattern on the wafer with each other, and a determination unit configured to determine whether the wafer includes a defect, based on a comparison result of the spectrum information.

03-14-2013

Mitsutoshi Watanabe, Chiyoda-Ku JP

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20120009357

ROTATION MEMBER, HOUSING, BEARING, GEARBOX, ROTATING MACHINE, SHAFT STRUCTURE AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD - In a rotation member rotatably engaged with a housing, a pulsing electric discharge is generated in a processing liquid or in a gas, between an electrode and the rotation member. The electrode is a chemical compound of a metallic powder or metal, or a molded body formed by molding ceramic powder, or a molded body obtained by heating the molded body. Energy from the electric discharges causes coating to be formed on an engagement portion engaging the housing, the coating formed from the material of the electrode or a substance to which the electrode material combined by the energy of the electric discharges.

01-12-2012

Mitsutoshi Watanabe, Koto-Ku JP

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20100016185

COATING FILM AND COATING-FILM FORMING METHOD - To form a coating film having an excellent wear-resistant property in a temperature range from low temperature to high temperature a coating-film forming method includes a metal-powder producing step of producing a metal powder containing an element exhibiting a lubricating property when oxidized; an oxidizing step of oxidizing the metal powder so that an amount of oxygen contained in the metal powder is within 6 weight % to 14 weight %; and a coating-film forming step of forming a coating film on a material subject to a treatment, the coating film having such a composition that an area where an oxygen content is 3 weight % or less and an area where an oxygen content is 8 weight % or more are distributed in a unit area of the coating film when the metal powder is in a melted state or a semi-melted state, and an oxygen content of the entire coating film after the metal powder is melted or semi-melted being within 5 weight % to 9 weight %.

01-21-2010

Mitsutoshi Watariguchi, Kariya-Shi JP

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20100244530

SEAT RECLINING APPARATUS - A seat reclining apparatus includes a support frame tiltable about a support axis relative to a first frame, an angle adjustment unit causing a second frame to tiltably move forward or rearward relative to the support frame by a driving force of an actuator, the second frame being displaced in a direction to approach and separate from the support axis, a lock mechanism selectively operated to an unlocked state and a locked state, and a front stopper provided at the first frame to specify a forward tilt limit of the seat back by making contact with a forward tilt contact portion provided at the second frame in a state where the lock mechanism is in the unlocked state, the front stopper including a linearly-shaped contact surface that makes contact with the forward tilt contact portion and that matches or approximates a virtual straight line passing through the support axis.